Master Sergeant Robert R. Shumard

b. 7 September 1920, Detroit, Wayne Co., MI
d. 24 April 1967, Allen Park, Wayne Co., MI
Wife: Eleanor (1919-1999)
Father: Clinton Elmore Shumard (1876-1930)
Mother: Mary Marcia "Maude" Dugan
Buried: White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy, Oakland Co., MI

According to the 1930 census Robert Shumard is listed as the nine year old, born in MI adopted son of Mary Shumard who is the head of household. They lived in Detroit City, MI Precinct 6 on Sussex St.

Enola Gay is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber. On 6 August 1945, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb as a weapon of war. The bomb, code-named "Little Boy", was targeted at the city of Hiroshima, Japan, and caused extensive destruction.

Only three, Tibbetts, Ferebee, and Parsons, knew the purpose of the mission.